With nine candidates for mayor, the hustle for signatures will be harder than ever

With former Police Board president Lori Lightfoot now in the mayoral race (the Sun-Times's Fran Spielman has a shrewd assessment of her candidacy here), it's going to be harder than ever—and it’s always hard—for mayoral candidates to get the nominating signatures they need to qualify for the ballot.
There are nine of them—that's right, count 'em, nine.…...